Smoke hood



C. E. FULLER SMOKE HOOD wzarw fizvvh 7 ori inal Filed August 1,

- July 27, 1926.

Patented July 27, 1926.

' wnsb f msi CLAUDE. FULLER; or New YORK, N. Y.-

SMOKE. noon. 7

. Application-filed August 1, 1925 Serial No, 4 7,489. l Renewed June 22, 1926. I,

. present invention relates to-brick ma chinery, and more particularly to' an. Iim

i g of brick,

5 'In the patent grantedulius 1,071,014, dated August 26, 1913, there is de-:,

This conduit is] connected with the preliminary drying apparatus wherethe heat units containedinthe smoke orproductsof. com-w bustion are utilized to dry the brick in :the. drierand arelthen gforced 'up.;through.the-

stack preferably by afpower blower. Such.

a structure as islshown in the Bach patent,

however,'-lacks the advantage ofbeing portable and thereforelreadily movable from place to place. My. present. invention is to be con-f sidered an improvementoverthe structure shown in the patent to Each and, in..car-

rying out my invention,.Ihave kept in mind i the ldea of portability,-. and, further, the necessity. for. properly and rigidly supporting. the outer ends ofthe smoke hood when r the same areused in wide kilnsheds, and also 8 in thislatter connection, my. invention con v tem lates the vuse of apparatus for holding the racing'posts of the kiln and onwhich postsare arranged one of the 'tracksf..the

outer;one'on which the hood travels lonlnvention it. is. possible to'take care of a rel: a-tively large kiln with a relatively few, sec:

tions or outer supporting devices as, after a portion of the kiln of brick is burned,,the

hood may be movedforward onto a burning section,the runway supports,-etc.,that have been vacated inathe movement-roffithe hood,

being moved forward inpreparation for; the I nextforward movement'of the hood... This construction has a decided advantage in that, once the runway supports, etc, aremoved forward, it gives clear accessto the kiln-of burnt brick, both for the operation of. the brick handling crane, if such is used',-and the handling of the brick trucks. By my'inven- 4 proved apparatus (for facilitating the burn-5' tion, therefore, a comparatively small inumber; of. posts and beams suflices to 1 handle the burning, whereas if asjinr former con structions, they were left permanent there wouldlbe required enough parts to. reach the, full length of the kiln." In building, a kiln in a wide kiln shed and in connection with the present invention, I preferably employ the portablei-scoving shown and described:

in my- 'copending application, Serial: No. 707,856, .filed J an. 21, 1924 which has resultedinPatent 1,548,794,;Aug. 4,1925. I y The principal object of my invention, therefore, is an improved smoke hood for brick'kilns. I 4 1 .Another' object of my invention is an im-. proved apparatus :forv supporting. a relatively narrow smoke,hoodin a relatively wide kiln.

:A further object of my invention is 1 an improved smoke hood runway supporting means. a 1 v L5. Other; objects and novel featuresof the constructionand arrangement of'parts com-: prising my invention will appear as the description of the inventionv progresses. I

-In the accompanying drawing illustrating theyp'referred embodiment of my invention, 1 Fig. l is an. end elevation of a portion; of'a relatively-wide kilnshedeshowing a,

, relatively narrow smoke hood 5 positioned therein; I w

- Referring to-the drawings, 10- designates a base on which isrmounted-a kiln shed,

of which there, is shown-"one; such frame member 11, and carryingatits top a longitudinally extending-angle bracket v 12 to. which bracket,..and-; the topjof ;the frame -member' 11, is. secured a transverse support. 40, gitudinally ofthe kiln.. By my-iimprovedj ing bar 13, this bar, as is usual, lexte'nde ing from the side frame member 11, (shown)v to the. corresponding side frame member of. such kiln (not shown); .Resting on the end of the .cross frame 1 member -13rand .extending upward at an angle to the horizontal is the roof" beam 14. *The lowerle'nd ofdt heing17, such as is disclosed. and claimed'in my copending application f'abovefreferred,

this portable 'scovingbeing'secured in posia I tion in the usual manner. Obviously, from an inspection of the drawing, the kiln 16 is of considerably less width than the width of the kiln shed. As it is desirable to utilize as much of the products ofcombustion as may be possible after such products have served their purpose in and-during the process of burning of the kiln, there is arranged over the 'kilnand: in closexproximity thereto a smoke hood 18, this smoke hood beings-im'ilar in construction to the smoke hood described and claimed in the patent to Bach, 1,071,014 and above referred to. This smoke hood is provided at what may be termed the-outlet end thereof with rmdownwardly dependingmember; 19 on wh'ijch is secu-ned a laterally "extending stub shaftor 'shafts 20 and on such-shaft or shafts is rotatably mounted J a idouble flanged Wheel or wheels -21: I Thisflanged wheel or wheelsion "an beam or track iiiise cured to plate -23' supported 1 on brackets aeseeured to-"the sid'eiframe members 11, but one of which' isshown. The end of the smoke hood 18 remote fromthedownw'ai 'dl -y depending plate 19, is closed I and has seeur'ed thereto a 'plate- 25,- i this plate at its flower-end having-secured thereto laterally an extending stub shaft or shafts-26 on which i's rot'atably l niounted a 'plane pulley raller 'or rollers 27. wllhis 'pu ley :roller or these pulley rollers 27 runs or run on aE-n I beam 28 extending parallel to the I beam- In order; that the I 'beam' 28 be supported, a'nd as it is :not possible to dependon tlte side-frame member or members {L l- 01 1 the side of the-kiln :shed (not sho w'i' n nthe 'drawinglfl have provided verti 'eally 'anranged channel members 29 (but one offwhich is shown) tied together by longitudinally extending I beams 30, and

in the floor or base 10 arranged a plurality o f -l16l$a0r= sockets intowhich the lower ends ofrthe verti-cal'ly =arranged-I beams 29 may he set, a's clearlyshownin the drawingr 1 Secured to the upper ends 0f some or all of t he'lvertically zar-ra'nged I beams 29da'r'e vertically larrangedl beams 31 of slightly. less .cross sectional area and to the upper {ends of such I beams 31 and on the inner fifaces thereofare secured eye bolts 32. ndijacentito the QXl-U OPJHHQI end of the smoke hood 18--and on the main portion 'of the :sideM-fr-ame membersll lis secure'd lan I beam 33, thisl beam-being prov -ided,- a's is usual, with a trackiit on-which run the crane (:not shown) located withinithe kiln shed.- Secured to the upper flange *of theQI bea'nii. 33 and at intervals upper inner face of the I beam 31 extends a rod 38. V-Vhen the beamsfQQ {are placed in posit-ion, the turnbuckles- 36 are operated to bring the upper ends of the I beams 29 into the position shown with the longitudinally extending I beam 28 in position to be engaged by the pulley roller or rollers 27.

.Secured to.;the side frame members 11 and spaced along the length of the kiln shed are conduits 39 which connect successively with the e i-t end of the hood 18 as the same-is moved along the top the kiln 16. These conduits 39 connect with a collecting conduit 40 mounted on "bracket members l1 secured tothe s'i'de frame members 11 and from which conduit the products 'of combustion are/carried to a drying apparatus (notshowng; and from "thence to stack.

The length o the longitudinally extending I beams 30 maybe made as short or long desired, vbut ipreferably short enough so that the required number of vertical su ports 29 may be fewenougih in number to provide for the easy handling of-tl1e unit composed of the-members 28, 29,130 and {31. gSev'e'ral of thesefunitswill be required, but the combined length thereof-falls far short of the entire length 'of the kiln shed ,L'lhkarefore, assuming that We'have thr'ee sections or units and that :the burning of th'eikiln is started atone end of the ki ln :sh'e'd, -as soon as one portion of the (kilnie burned, thesmoke the entire "width of the lkilnifree so that the usual 1 crane "may Tbe freadily. o erated; or the trucks usually employed :maybereadi1 handied and the burned brick removed 7 at a minimum of :cost. p v i WVhile I have necessarily ;s'hown -='and de-' scribed the preferred embodiment of my vention somewhat in detail, it is to be "understood that #1 inlay fvar' y ithe size, shape, and arrangementfof part's within i-wi'de limit-ts without departing :from" the spirit of the invention. U

Havingthusdescribe'd lfiy' i'n V-litldn, what I CIaimrasneW is 1. Anim'pr-oved "track support for supporting the-smoke ho'od tra'ck when the same is used in widel'kiln sl1'ed, -and comprising kiln I shedg -side frame .members, 'a plurality' of vertically arranged upright arranged parallel thereto i andgspaced apart therefrom, a horizontal-track is'ecured to the upp'er e'nds of-sa'id supports and 'lying para' llel the side of the kiln shed, and adjustable m'ean's acent- (the burned :sectio'n-="o'f the kiln leaves I for maintaining the upper end of the supports in alignment with the kiln side frame members.

-, 2. An improved means for supporting a prising kiln shed side frame members, a supporting track secured thereto and extending longitudinally of the kiln shed, a plurality of vertically arrangedv supporting cured-to the top of said supporting standards and lying parallel to the first said track, auxiliary standards secured to the top of the first said standards; and adjustable means smoke hood in a'wide kiln shed and commeans for adjustin said last said means whereby said secon tracks may be maintained rigid with respect to and lying par- 1 allel to the first said tracks. a

3. An improved track support for l porting asmoke hood. track when the'same is used in a wide kiln. shed and comprising kiln shed side frame members, a plurality of portable verticallyarrangediupnghts arranged parallel thereto'and' spaced apart therefrom, a'horizontal track secured to the.

upper endsv of said supports and lying parallelwiththe side kiln: shed, and adjustable means for maintaining the upper end of the supportsin alignment with the kiln side frame members. 7 secured to the upper ends of said auxiliary. 1 standards and having their other-ends se cured to the kiln side frame members, and

In testimony, whereof, I have signed my name .to this specification.

CLAUD E. FULLE 

